Games on April 18, 1998

The games of April 18, 1998

15 games were played on April 18, 1998, according to Retrosheet. The Tampa Bay Devil Rays routed the Anaheim Angels 8-1, the widest margin of the day. Runs came easiest when the Baltimore Orioles beat the Texas Rangers 10-8. The closest finishes were the New York Mets 5-4 over the Cincinnati Reds, the Houston Astros 4-3 over the Montreal Expos, the Oakland Athletics 3-2 over the Kansas City Royals, and the St. Louis Cardinals 6-5 over the Philadelphia Phillies. Elsewhere, the Arizona Diamondbacks topped the Florida Marlins 7-5, the Boston Red Sox fell to the Cleveland Indians, 7-4, the Los Angeles Dodgers fell to the Chicago Cubs, 8-1, the Colorado Rockies fell to the Atlanta Braves, 11-4, the Detroit Tigers fell to the New York Yankees, 8-3, the San Francisco Giants fell to the Milwaukee Brewers, 3-1, the Seattle Mariners topped the Minnesota Twins 5-3, the Pittsburgh Pirates fell to the San Diego Padres, 7-5, and the Chicago White Sox fell to the Toronto Blue Jays, 9-4. The list shows final scores; no game on this date has a full box score here. Neighboring dates are one click away: the previous game day, Apr 17, 1998 and the next, Apr 19, 1998. The 1998 season page has the standings and leaders for the year.